Do The Test
“This is an awareness test.” Do The Test.
This public awareness spot is from Transport for London as part of their freshly introduced cycle safety campaign aimed at reducing the number of cyclists hurt on London’s roads. Effective use of the concept of inattentional blindness to illustrate the point - cyclists are easy to miss, watch out.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:50 am
I failed. What a wake up.
March 12th, 2008 at 9:42 am
I got thirteen, but totally missed the bear! Brilliant!
March 12th, 2008 at 11:34 am
So we’re all moonwalking bears…
March 12th, 2008 at 11:59 am
Of course we all failed it. We were asked to observe a specific action and count it. We’d have also failed if we had been asked to look for a moonwalking bear and then were asked something specific about the people with the basketballs.
In my opinion, the “test” is meaningless. It’s akin to car drivers being told to keep an eye on their speedometer, then being surprised when they have an accident. Driving a car/truck/van/whatever responsibly means being alert and aware of what’s going on at all times, and not being distracted by irrelevant information (the number of passes the white team is making).
March 12th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
have yet to find someone who sees the bear. sad as hell.
March 12th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
I saw it, but that’s because I was aware of the University of Illinois video that the Brits took the idea from.
March 13th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
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March 14th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
that spot is fantastic
I really dig it
but honestly
I do not mind being the moon walking bear
March 16th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
I thought I was spectacular when I got the number of passes correct. The placement of an “invisible” Moonwalking Bear to illustrate a point… Genius